Roger Hockenberry scrib what 's like to be a gay golfer at an exclive untry club.
Contents:
- TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS
- LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
- I’M A GOLFER, AND I’M GAY. GET OVER .
TODD MONTOYA OUT AS PGA TOUR'S FIRST OPENLY GAY DDIE, HOP STORY SPIR OTHERS
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LYNCH: GAY MEN ARE NEARLY VISIBLE GOLF, BUT WE’RE NOT NON-EXISTENT
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The dollars, the rounds and the Gallup poll notwhstandg, beg gay Ameri still reprents taboo for much of the culture, on or off the turf.
I’M A GOLFER, AND I’M GAY. GET OVER .
“It wasn’t okay to be an openly gay golfer anyplace the untry 1990, or even 2000, ” Buie says.
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The group’s retired Mare founr don’t see a need to openly promote the group’s gay membership.